同等 (doutou)
同等 (どうとう, doutou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “equality; equal”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- どうとう
- Romaji
- doutou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 同等
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 同等だ | どうとうだ doutouda |
| Present (polite) | 同等です | どうとうです doutoudesu |
| Negative | 同等じゃない | どうとうじゃない doutoujanai |
| Past | 同等だった | どうとうだった doutoudatta |
| Negative past | 同等じゃなかった | どうとうじゃなかった doutoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 同等で | どうとうで doutoude |
| Before a noun | 同等な | どうとうな doutouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 同等に | どうとうに doutouni |
Kanji in 同等
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 同等.
同じおなじsame共同きょうどうcooperation同一どういつidentical同時どうじsame time同様どうようsame同僚どうりょうcoworker同士どうしfellow同志どうしlike-mindedness同どうthe same合同ごうどうcombination同格どうかくthe same rank混同こんどうconfusion同調どうちょうconformity同封どうふうenclosing (e.g. with a letter)
Source: JMdict entry 1453190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.